Most Popular People With Death Date January 0011

Anita EkbergActress, La Dolce VitaKerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was born on September 29, 1931 in Malmo, Sweden. Growing up with seven brothers and sisters was not an adventure, but Anita's adventure began when she was elected Miss Sweden in 1950. She did not win the Miss Universe contest but she got a modeling contract in the United States...

Jack SooActor, Thoroughly Modern MillieA genial, laid back, slumber-eyed character player especially adept at the relaxed wisecrack or dry comment, Japanese-American actor Jack Soo was born in Oakland, California, in 1917, his real name being Goro Suzuki. In the post-WWII years, he entertained as a stand-up performer in nightclubs and had...

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Beulah BondiActress, It's a Wonderful LifeCharacter actress Beulah Bondi was a favorite of directors and audiences and is one of the reasons so many films from the 1930s and 1940s remain so enjoyable, as she was an integral part of many of the ensemble casts (a hallmark of the studio system) of major and/or great films, including The Trail of the Lonesome Pine...

Eric RohmerDirector, My Night with MaudAdmirers have always had difficulty explaining Eric Rohmer's "Je ne sais quoi." Part of the challenge stems from the fact that, despite his place in French Nouvelle Vague (i.e., New Wave), his work is unlike that of his colleagues. While this may be due to the auteur's unwillingness to conform, some have argued convincingly that...

Edna PurvianceActress, The KidEdna Purviance began working as a stenographer in San Francisco. Charles Chaplin invited her to join him at Essanay Studio in 1915, the year of her film debut in Chaplin's His Night Out. Over the next seven years she appeared as his leading lady in over 20 Chaplin films made by Essanay, Mutual, and First National...

Robert DouglasDirector, Shazam!English actor in UK films from 1936 and US films from 1947. Using a well-modulated voice, he delivered his lines in clipped fashion, retaining his English accent. He was always genteel-mannered, and could portray the sinister, conniving rogue as easily as he could the forthright, proper military officer.

Dick SimmonsActor, Lady in the LakeBorn in St. Paul, Minnesota, Richard Simmons later moved to Minneapolis where he attended West High School and then the University of Minnesota. While at university he competed in fencing and swimming and also acted in a few theater productions. He left the Twin Cities in the 1930s and spent several years traveling the world, working on freighters and tankers...

Helena CarterActress, Invaders from MarsHelena Carter was born into a family of Irish origin. As she was studing English Literature at the Columbia University Graduate School -- to get teacher's diploma -- she began to work as a model for Conover fashion-house. So, the photographer Dick Isaacs transformed her into a cover-girl. Then, movie producer Leonard Goldstein (of Universal-International) offered her a contract as an actress...

Gregory H. 'Pappy' BoyingtonMiscellaneous Crew, Flying MisfitsGregory Boyington served as fighter pilot in the Unites States Marine Corps in World War II. He commanded VMF-214, The Black Sheep Squadron. He shot down 28 Japanese aircraft, for which he received the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. He was shot down himself on January 3rd, 1944, over the St. George Channel in the Soloman Islands...

Juliet AndersonActress, Dixie Ray Hollywood StarJuliet was born in Burbank, California on July 23, 1938. After teaching English as a second language for several years in Japan, Mexico, Greece and Finland, she moved to the United States wanting to radically change her life. She stumbled into the adult film industry at the age of 39. For the next couple years she went on to make several dozen movies including the renowned Aunt Peg series.

Mark WarrenDirector, A Little Game of PoolMark Warren worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965. He was a producer in the department called "TV Light Entertainment." His colleagues included Chris Beard and Stan Jacobs. Phyllis Kroeker was unit secretary, typing his scripts for the show "Charlie Had One But He Didn't Like It So He Gave It To Us."

Francis Scott KeySoundtrack, The Dark Knight RisesFrancis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dogworthy and Captain James Ross Key at the family plantation Terra Rubra on August 1, 1779 in Frederick, Maryland. His father was a lawyer, judge, and officer in the Continental Army and his great grandparents Philip Key and Susanna Barton Gardiner where both born in England and immigrated to America in 1726...

Tom O'HorganDirector, RhinocerosTom O'Horgan was named Theatrical Director of the Year in 1968 by "Newsweek" magazine. That watershed year was the apogee of his fame, when he brought "Hair" to Broadway after scoring with two other plays, "Tom Paine" (about the writer of the Revolutionary War-era tome "The Rights of Man") and "Futz!" (1969)...